cockatoo dwarf cichlid target fish?

[Connor0729]

i have a pair of cockatoos in a section of my 35 gallon tank, thanks to a divider. they have about a foot of tank length. although cockatoos are colourful, i would like some more movement in that side of the tank, as the half with the jewels and catfish always has movement, and i would like to see the parental care of my dwarves at its peak. so i was wondering if i could put anything that is colourful and could act as a target fish for the cockatoos. any opinions are appreciated, and lets keep any could-be arguments at a minimum (as in none). thanks

 

[Connor0729]

c'mon guys, i need an excuse for me to give my parents so they will let me get another fish. PLEASE!!!!!!!!

 

[Connor0729]

guys, is it that hard to post the name of a small fish. c'mon

 

[lilmixedboy]

i got you man. i dont know much about those dwarf cichlids but i heard they are not the most aggresive. but since you said you got a pair, get some swordtails and 3 tiger barbs. if you remove the divider you could do 4 tiger barbs and 3 swordtails.

 

[Connor0729]

thank you so much. i'm having a rough day (chores, science fair project due wednesday, so i've been working like crazy, and other crap), and i was going to snap if i didn't have a response by now. anyways, i would like to do tiger barbs, as i have never owned any, so it should be interesting. do you think i could do like 4 without any livebearers? thanks for your help.

 

[killerfish]

i would say barbs not tiger if you have a group of less than 6-7 thay like to nip fins and may leave your cichlids with ragged fins but mabye rosy,cherry would be best golden will probably need more space to move around but would be a good choice to

 

[cichla1004]

Maybe some of the larger tetra. Blackskirt or maybe congo.

 

[WolfFisho1]

yea i would say black skirted tetras!

but thats not much tank to work with! a foot log section of a 35!

 

[bryan.olsen]

ive kept black skirt tetras and , i donno, just expect them to tear eachothers fins to s**t, i had a shoal of 10 in my 220 awhile back and youll see tham establish dominancy its really cool but they do get to lookin pretty ragged

 

[WolfFisho1]

ive kept black skirt tetras and , i donno, just expect them to tear eachothers fins to s**t, i had a shoal of 10 in my 220 awhile back and youll see tham establish dominancy its really cool but they do get to lookin pretty ragged

what? my back kirted tetras dont have ragged fins! but right noe there are only 5 and then 4 in another tank! the 5 are in quarintine! i love watching them! are urs long finned long fins usually look a lil ragged normal ones dont at least IME!